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Wednesday evening pickup game (7:4)

We played at Scottsdale Reata field #21 at 8 PM.

I was there early, but could not play with the old guys, as Mike and Scott sent me to play with the young ones:)

Injury: Left patellar bone irritation was surprisingly doing well today

Note

The field was probably too small for such a big crowd of players. But anyway, it was a good play, without any halftime or break. We were beating them from the beginning and it did not look good for them, but later in the game they eventually came back.

It was a lot of running for me, as I was often running back to defense. I was also creating a lot of buildups from the back. Maybe that is why I scored only one goal, when I caught their bad throw-in and went alone to the net. I had other chances too, but I put too much power and usually overshot the small goal.

At the end, some players left, and we played the smaller field. At this time, I started to have cramps in my legs, especially in my calves. Not a typical symptom I have. Part of it is that I only eat magnesium in the evening now (I need to do it in the morning like before!), and also because I ran 11 kilometers today. So it was a great workout. Garmin estimated 81 hours recovery!